GitLab 13.9 < 15.3.5 / 15.4 < 15.4.4 / 15.5 < 15.5.2 (CVE-2022-2761)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 166962

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- An information disclosure issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.4 prior to 15.3.5, 15.4 prior to 15.4.4, and 15.5 prior to 15.5.2 allows an attacker to use GitLab Flavored Markdown (GFM) references in a Jira issue to disclose the names of resources they don't have access to. (CVE-2022-2761)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 15.3.5, 15.4.4, 15.5.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e8f5047a

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370458

https://hackerone.com/reports/1653149

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 166962

File Name: gitlab_CVE-2022-2761.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/4/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2761

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2761

IAVA: 2022-A-0468-S